Bank of Marin hired Pat McCartyas first vice president, special assets manager. McCarty has more than 35 years of experience in financial services. Most recently, he was senior vice president and Novato business banking manager for Umpqua Bank.

Rapt Studio announced the promotion of design principal Cory Sistrunkto president. Before joining Rapt, Sistrunk led the creative direction and branding efforts at Vivint.

Workday appointed Ashley Goldsmithas the company's chief human resources officer. Before joining Workday, Goldsmith served as chief human resources officer and executive vice president at Polycom.

Farella Braun + Martel added Dirk Mueller, a 20-year veteran with an energy industry practice, as a partner. The firm also announced that partner and intellectual property litigation department chair Stephanie Skaffhas been installed as the 2014 president of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Archer Norris has named James J. Ficenecin Walnut Creek as partner. With more than 20 years of trial experience, he handles business, real estate, products liability and employment litigation at the state and federal level.

Rocket Fuel added Shobhana Ahluwaliaas vice president of information technology. Previously, Ahluwalia was the vice president of enterprise resource planning and IT at CBS Corp.

PricewaterhouseCoopers hired Josh Arnoldas a lead tax partner in the industry tax practice group in the company's San Francisco office.

Blue Shield of California hired Dr.Melissa Welchas vice president for clinical sales and innovation support. Welch brings more than 20 years of leadership in managed care settings to the company, most recently as head of regional care management operations and strategy at Aetna.